Fleeing region-wide panic following a vampire television broadcast, Abraham stops at a gas station on the way out of town. He finds the station closed, and a were-jaguar finds him easy target for a violent turning.

The King of Red River gives Alina and Everett the option to join the Pack provided they wear silver collars. Unwilling to submit herself to such torture, Alina challenges Clay and kills him while Everett challenges Duke. The Pack consumes their dead.